Back at the inn, Annan rushed over the moment she saw Pankey. She hugged him, gently rubbing against the blue-haired butler. "Pankey, I'm back."

Pankey smiled as he stroked Annan's hair. "It has been seven hours for me, but for you, Miss, it should only have been a short while since you finished breakfast, right?"

Strictly speaking, Annan was actually slightly taller than him.

"Regardless, you've worked hard."

"Mmhmm."

Annan turned her head toward Ashe. Ashe blinked and quickly tried to escape, but in the next second, Annan had already pounced on him, tackling the cult leader into a hug. She giggled. "Ashe, I'm so tired today. You have to comfort me properly!"

Watching the two of them playfully wrestle on the bed, Lys turned around expressionlessly and left. As she passed by Iger, she lowered her voice. "Aunt Perskin, emergency meeting."

"Mmhmm."

Iger grabbed the necromancer, who was just about to leave, and the two dragged the confused Harvey into the fraudster's room.

"Why did you call me here?"

Lys sat on the bed in a duck-sitting position, crossing her arms seriously....